NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yankee Stadium was home run heaven forbatters on Tuesday with the first six runs of New York's 5-3win over Tampa Bay coming off five roundtrippers. Raul Ibanezslugged a pair of homers as the Yankees got the better of theRays in the long-ball battle in the Bronx to make up ground inthe American League East.

New Yankees closer overcomes nerves to notch first save

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Yankees' reliever DaveRobertson, nicknamed ``Houdini'' for his ability to escape jams,overcame a bout of nerves on Tuesday before passing his firsttest as the replacement for Major League Baseball's all-timesaves leader Mariano Rivera. ``I wanted to do the best I coulddo and I wanted to do it really quickly,'' Robertson toldreporters after New York's 5-3 victory over their AL East rivalTampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium.

Devils down Flyers to reach East final

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Minnesota Senate approves Vikings football stadium plan

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota state senators advanced a$975 million plan late on Tuesday to build a new domed stadiumfor the Minnesota Vikings that increased the National FootballLeague team's proposed contribution to the project. Statesenators adopted numerous other changes to plans negotiated bystate, team and Minneapolis city officials for the proposeddowntown Minneapolis stadium, including adding fees forparking, suites and league merchandise sold at the stadium.

Torch relay pioneered at Nazi Games

LONDON (Reuters) - Mist clears to reveal white marbleimages from classical Greece culminating in Myron's celebratedstatue of an athlete poised to launch a discus in the prologueto Leni Riefenstahl's remarkable documentary film ``Olympia.''The statue rotates and melts into an identical image of acontemporary discus thrower. It is succeeded by further paeansto the sculptured Greek ideal of physical beauty with picturesof a shot putter, a javelin thrower and rhythmic gymnasts.

Yankees starter Pettitte set to return to action

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees stood in fourthplace heading into Tuesday's game against the visiting TampaBay Rays but have turned to veteran Andy Pettitte to help turnaround their season, with news he will return to the rotationon Sunday. Pettitte, who will turn 40 next month and lastpitched in the majors in 2010 before coming out of retirementearlier this year, was recalled by Yankees general managerBrian Cashman after he completed his sixth minor league outing.

SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Ultramarathon runner MicahTrue died from heart disease while on a run last March in therugged wilderness of southwestern New Mexico, an autopsy reportrevealed Tuesday. True, 58, was found to have idiopathiccardiomyopathy, heart disease with an unknown cause, thestate's Office of the Medical Investigator found.